South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-12
New Series, Vol. XXI: No. %.

Fire in McKaig's foundry az Cum
berland Saturday night caused loss
Of $500.
A horrible murder story comes fcnm
near Macon, Ga. Captain Richasu
Woolfalk. n well known t.rmer, his
wife, six chiidren. ranging in aye
from l6 mcntbs To 20 years. and Nrr.
West. an aun. of Mrs. Wooifaik. ~eve
found murdered in the Captains
house Sunday morning. having been
Enocked Oh the head and their ,hTonts
cut. Tom @. Woolfalk, son at Csp.
tain Woo'falk, by bis fret wife. ~
suspected of the crime. anu was ar.
rested. The funeral of the niIe vic.
tins took place Sunday, in Macon. at
Roseliiil Cemetery, in the presence ct
three thousand people. The services
were brought To sn abrupt termipa.
ton by the arrival of Mrs. Edwards
an own sister Of the murderer, who
was at Athens a. the time OF the con.
missi IN of tho crime. Hear,re ndiny
scenes followed, bringing tears to Tho
eyes or every spectator. woCifalk
Was carried io Atlanta early in tb,
morning for safe keeping. lie denies
his guilt. His motive was to psiu
possession II his father. property for
himself AID two sisters, his falner's
children by his first wife. The cnro.
Ier's jury found verdict of murder
:ainst MIN, AMI he was taken ~ At.
lan,a 10 avoid -lyncting. He talked
II the crime cooliy, but made no con-
fession.
A terrific storm passed over Frank
liz, Pa, Friday night, inuniat,ne ,hs
city aud doing goat damage. Light.
nihs set fire 10 a $1,000 barrel tank
OF the Eclipse Oil Company. ana
S2O,o00 worth of property burned.
Hugh Porter. "A fireman, James Cans
feld and JOHN King were fatally IN
jur, d
The liabilities Of Whitley. Fassler
& Kelly, the suspended Sp-ingi.L,
(Onio) reaper manufacturers, are So
1875. The assets ate u bour 81.
OF 800. They manufactured the
Champion mowers and rcap.rs.
According to the estimate 81 lead
irS wool merchants the Utah clip this
year " i'll amount to 100000 pounds.
Wn. Ferguson killed Green Foster
in the s ale pen,tentiaty at Nashville
Tennessee, tor denying thai he Eos
ter) owed him (Ferguson) q cents
wien they hnisi.ed q game oil cards.
Bo'h men We're convicts.
Fire in London destroyed Whit
'y'sdrspery es adjustment, causing a
|, So OF S2.500.000.
Baltimore ha $4,000 blaz, on
Thursday Of last week. James ID.
Mason & Co's Pratt Street bakery
aud seven ware houses were burned.
Prince Devawongso, OF s am, and
Eve children of the King of Siam
are visiting this country. They were
received bv the President at Wush-,
ing,on Friday.
O. Richoid. Of Munoy, Ps.. convic-
ted Of stealing hides from Zspp's
warehouse, broke jail for The second
time at Winchester, Va. on Thurs
lay morning OF last week. He esq
C ped IN March last. hut was captured.
OF Shopherdstown. He released ON
Thursday morning Algernon Miller,
co'ored, who was awaiting trisI for
he murder Of Willard +. White, of
Hampshire Coz West Virginia, last
March, in Frederick Co., and two ne
groes named John Jenkins, convic-
ted Of horse stealing. and Jack VII.
liams, Of larceny. Miller WIS over
hauled before lie got out Of the city.
The American fishing bot Go'd
Dust was sclza Lear Deer Island
New Brahs"ick, for fishing within
The three-mile INIT.
ChDier - raging in Malta. an la
land in the Mediterranean Sea south
OF Sicily. Floods arc doing fearful
damage IN the provinces ~ O,ense,
Spain, running land, drowning ca tie
and washing house away.-Genersl
Sheridan will arrange for a COOL rep
rcsentation of the regular army at
The approaching Chicago militia en-
campme3t.-The eleven Chicago
hoo !Iers who we're tried for syste,o-
s'ic cm' excitement of lie funds of
Cook cousiy for years, were conv'c'-
ed. Seven got two years each. mi
Commissioners Mccarthy, OIver.
Castleman and GeiIs escaped wi'u
fine OF $1,000 eacIr-F,ve aeatb+
from sunstroke occurred in Pits
hurgh Friday Three people we're
Killed by stroke of lightning OF
Sc pttsboro, Ala.-The ale riff seizcd
tue SorkLoTse at CfooU, county
Limerick, Ireland Friday for debt.